1) Any optimist 2) Aspirant 3) Aspirant, essentially 4) Aspiring one 5) Expectant person 6) Human 7) Individual 8) Mortal 9) One who dreams 10) One with crossed fingers 11) One with expectations 12) One with fingers crossed 13) Optimist 14) Optimistic one 15) Optimistic sort 16) Person 17) Somebody 
• (n.) One who hopes.
Hop'er noun One who hopes. Swift. 
[n] - a person who hopes